The Fannycom (known as the MetaFlesh Entertainment System outside of Japan) had a peripheral that never made its way across the seas - the Dirk System.
Much like the home computers of old, it added the functionality to read and write portable, double-sided disks, but the unit also added extra RAM and a new audio channel with FM synthesis for improved sound.
Having these type of disks as media for games produced both blessings and curses - The blessings came in the form of unique features, such as the ability to write games to a disk using vending machine-style kiosks and being able to upload your high scores directly to official MetaFlesh leaderboards (over fax technology!). The curses included how easily the disks could be damaged, the long loading times when reading those disks, and (an issue for business rather than for consumers) how easily it was to copy, edit, and make bootlegs of games.
Some believe that MetaFlesh's hard stance on piracy, emulation, and hacks in current times probably started here, facing those troubles for the first time with the Dirk System.
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Download Links
Archive.org's torrent feature often does not work, so please don't use it - Downloads can fail or be incomplete. If you're wanting to help preserve this set, you can use the links below to download each part you want instead:
What you came here for! Only the best stuff. (194 titles, 22.7 MB)
The rest of the games that require proficiency in other languages to play. (88 titles, 10.9 MB)
Non-games, add-on hardware emulation, and important software to back up. (5 items, 524 KB)
You need these to run the titles properly. (1 item, 8 KB)
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Champion Collection Release Notes
Special items included:
Unreleased titles, prototypes, English-patched translations, and titles not in English that are easy enough to play without being fluent in another language.
Items removed:
Non-working dumps, duplicates, prototypes or demos of games that eventually saw a full release, homebrew titles, games that require proficiency in another language to play, and hacks.
Additional information:
Tested with the FCEUmm (SVN 744f5d9) core in RetroArch
Format: .fds
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